Tulare County Biographies
JOHN CUTLER, (M. D.) AND A. R.CUTLER,
Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn
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A native of Indiana, Judge Cutler was born in 1819, in the town of Newport,
Vermilion county. A predilection for the medical profession led him to take up
studies with that object in view at an early age, and he completed his studies
and received his diploma in Iowa. In the last mentioned state he followed his
profession until the memorable year of 1849, when he crossed the plains to
California and made settlement in Eldorado county, While a resident of that
county he served as a representative to the state legislature.
Judge Cutler�s residence in Tulare county began with the year 1852, at
which time he engaged in agriculture on a large scale, farming one thousand
acres five miles northeast of Visalia, on the St. John�s river. Here, as in his
former place of residence, his fellow-citizens recognized his unusual ability
and fitness for public office and for two terms he served them efficiently as
judge of Tulare county. The marriage of Judge Cutler united him with Mrs. Nancy
(Rice) Reynolds, a widow with two daughters, Amelia and Celeste. Seven children
were born of her marriage with Judge Cutler, three sons, and four daughters, as
follows: Mrs. V. D. Knupp of Porterville; A. R.; John; Mary; Loyal O.; Ida, and
Mrs. Edna Hartley. Judge Cutler passed away on the family homestead near Visalia
July 12, 1902, and his wife died in Santa Cruz several years prior to his
demise.
The second child born to Judge and Nancy (Rice) Cutler was A. R. Cutler, a
native of Tulare county, born in 1860. When his school days were over he
assisted his father in the care and management of the home ranch, and later
undertook ranching on his own account. At the present time he is ranching on a
large scale in Tulare county, having under his immediate supervision the Venice
Cove, Monson, and Hills Valley ranches. His stock now numbers four hundred head.
Fruit is raised on one hundred acres�raisin grapes, peaches, apricots and
oranges predominating�besides which he has twenty acres in prunes, and the
remainder of the land is in alfalfa.
Following a service of four years as deputy county clerk, Mr. Cutler
received still greater honors in April, 1911, when he was elected mayor of
Visalia, an office which he is well qualified to fill. His marriage in 1988
united him with Miss Nimmie Pringle, and they have two sons, John F. and Albert
R.
SOURCE: History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 420, 423